Vol. Xixn DuTCHER, Protection of Gulls and Terns. CO 



broods, through no fault of ours, we have at least the satisfaction 

 of having preserved the adults, and by next year I am positive we 

 will have the State laws on our side. I am quietly working now 

 and I think we will experience no opposition or difficulty to gain 

 all our points." 



In the several localities where the warden system was employed 

 the results fully warrant the outlay of funds made, and a contin- 

 uance and extension of the system. It has been thought advisable 

 to append to this report a copy of the model law advocated by 

 the A. O. U., in order that the press and the public may be able 

 to examine it, and, it is hoped, advocate its passage in Common- 

 wealths where the present bird laws are insufficient to give abso- 

 lute protection to the non-game birds. 



Legislation for the Protection of Birds. 



act proposed by the american ornithologists' union. 

 An Act for the Protection of Birds and their Nests and Eggs. 



Section i. No person shall, within the State of , kill or catch or 



have in his or her possession, living or dead, any wild bird other than a 

 game bird, or purchase, offer, or expose for sale, transport, or ship within 

 or without the State, anj' such wild bird after it has been killed or caught. 

 No part of the plumage, skin, or body of any bird protected by this section 

 shall be sold or had in possession for sale except as permitted by this 

 act. For the purposes of this act the following owXy shall be considered 

 game birds : The Anatidae, commonly known as swans, geese, brant, and 

 river and sea ducks ; the RallidtC, commonly known as rails, coots, mud- 

 hens and gallinules ; the Limicolse, commonly known as shore birds, 

 plovers, surf birds, snipe, woodcock, sandpipers, tatlers, and curlews; the 

 Gallinse, commonly known as wild turkeys, grouse, prairie chickens, 

 pheasants, partridges, and quails. 



Sec. 2. No person shall, within the State of , take or needlessly 



destroy the nest or the eggs of any wild bird other than a game bird, or 

 have such nest or eggs in his or her possession except as permitted by 

 this act. 



Sec. 3. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this act shall 



be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to a fine of dollars 



for each bird, living or dead, or part of bird, or nest, or set of eggs, or 

 part thereof, possessed in violation of this act, or to imprisonment for 

 ten days, or both, at the discretion of the court. 



